Think there's still dead rat on my car

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When vanity is clearly not an option.......... crank up the contrast!

I'm back !!! slightly different angle to this now. More of a personal daily journal. I may or may not post a portriat of my ugly mug, you may get a bit of me!!!

I'm not going to make any grand promises about sticking it out to the end and I'm already wondering whether this is a daft thing to do, but alot continues to challenge and engage me over the years, I need somewhere to put it all into perspective.
WARNING: occasionally I am want to outrageous ranting. I did beleive for a very brief period of time this was due to an age related condition, then I had to acknowledge I've always been a bit of a

I originally started this along with nige and a few others back in June 2007 and as I discovered it would prove much more difficult than I had anticipated. I enjoyed it all very much and I think at the time I beleive my portrait photography greatly improved.
The Other Nutters are:-

Slightly out of focus

This is how I am feeling right now, slightly out of focus. the painkillers are largely responsible for this, though I only take them at night as they seem to knock me out. Also had to go down to Gatwick to pick up daughter from airport so needed a clear head for the driving. Dont actually know whether to stand sit or lie as I am yet again so much in pain and discomfort, so this will be another post and run, so to speak.

Thank you all for your good wishes and I will catch up with all's blogs as soon as I can sit still long enough

The reason

I am in such excruciating pain. We went to a friends sons' 18th birthday BBQ at the weekend ans they had a bouncy castle, needless to say, WhosesShoes couldnt resist have several goes, including once it got dark!!

So now I am about to dose myself with more pain relief as I can hardly walk, sitting is uncomfortably and I am scared tol ie down incase I never get up again. It has been quite some time since my back has been this bad :-(

(wont stop me though - next trampoline or bouncy castle and I'll be jumping!

on the beach

Decided to take the kids and go down to the beach for an evening BBQ, its was such a lovely evening there was almost no breeze and the air was warm. Almost everyone stopped to talk when they realised what we were doing and commented on how nice the food smelt.

Nose

As always its been a busy day, was experimenting with the mirror and camera again (in one of those many spare moments I have !) Ended up with a camera for a nose....................................... different I suppose